| Question | Answer |
| Spirit | "The breath of life": The animating or vital principle giving life to physical organisms.
**Think Mind, Body, Spirit. |
| List the elements of Spirituality | 1.Meaning and purpose to life.
2.Connection with others.
3.Spiritual Energy.
4.Transcendence |
| What effects can illness have on the meaning and purpose of life? | 1.Can cause spiritual crisis.
2.Challenges our sense of self & the world.
3.Hightens our awarnes of personal limits.
4.If life threatening, may challenge our perspective on life & its meaning.
5.Prompt a spiritual journey.
6.Oppotunity to redifine. |
| Elements of Spirituality: Transcendence | A profound/transforming experience.
**Rising above a limiting, causing the person to feel part of a greater whole. |
| Elements of Spirituality: Connection with others | Relationships are fundamental to our experience & contribute to personal resilience.
**Illness affects this b/c it can seperate the patient (alienation, hopelessness, suffering). |
| Which element of spirituality is particullary important to Doctors | Connection with others (Doctor-patient relationship). |
| Elements of Spirituality: Spiritual Energy as it relates to health, disease, and healing | Bioenergetic field surrounding the mental & physical bodies:
1.HEALTH: uninterrupted flow of energies.
2.DIS-EASE: blockage of flow of energy at some level.
3.HEALING: restoration of harmony in energy field. |
| How did A.T. Still view spirituality? | As a harmonious, resonant, inseperable part of body unity: Mind, matter, motion (triune) |
| According to A.T. Still, the physical body is our __________? | Second Placenta. |
| Biogen | Unity of the terrestrial life (motion & power) and the celestial bodies (knowledge/wisdom) |
| Could supporting a patient's spirituality enhance their coping and recovery from illness? | YES |
| Do you need a healin? | HELLLZZ YEA
**Please watch 1:40-1:50 truly understand OMT cranial spiritual healin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpwmPfOTvg |
| Should doctors prescribe religious activities? | NO |
| What would be some spiritual issues a patient may express to their doctor | 1.Unfairness.
2.Unworthiness.
3.Hopelessness.
4.Guilt.
5.Isolation, anger.
6.Vulnerability.
7.Abandonment.
8.Confusion. |
| Key ways to nurture your relationship with your patients | 1.Be trustworthy.
2.Treat the patient as a person.
3.Be kind.
4.Maintain hope.
5.Listen non-judgmentally. |
| Is it necessary for the physician to share the patients religious/spiritual beliefs? | NO!!
**It IS important to understand and respect the patient's belief system. |
| P.C.Lobe.Letter | What the fuck does that mean? |
| How should we meet our own spiritual needs? | 1.Read inspirational literature (YAY).
2.Mediation.
3.Imagery.
4.Prayer.
5.Mindful exercise (yoga, ti chi). |
